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DE - too many to list. It will be an interesting battle between Thomas and English if Thomas makes it in. Dixon/Harris/Johnson/Turner
DT - Lamin/Griffin/Dixon Jr./Dukes all battle. Surrat starts at 1 spot

Spur - Golightly and Bryant
CB - Jamari and Groves opposite Rico

Some of these are trivial like DT. All 5 will rotate and play. Same at DE. I expect 5 to rotate.

Also at CB all 3 will be counted on atleast for depth there. Lammons, Green or Smith may pass 1 or 2 of them in the Fall.

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"Yeah, Clemson can beat Virginia Tech as many times as they want, but ask them if they want another piece of South Carolina." - Colin Cowherd

thomas wont get here until summer at the earliest if im not mistaken so it will still be between the guys that have been on the team at the de position. which may have been what you meant that english wont really be challenged for a spot until the newcomers arrive.

This may be the most depth at running back we have ever had. I am interested to see if we change things up to get our top 3 guys on the field consistently. Can't see us leaving Williams on the shelf this yr. Wilds would be great for goal line situations but Blue could have potential there too. Would hate to see us waste all this talent.

Because Carson was in the mix with Wilds last year, I would add him to the RB battle list:
Williams, Wilds, Carson.

The coaching staff like Carson even though a lot of fans are not sold yet.

I am hoping Diggs can improve his conditioning this off season and be a factor in the spur positional battle. He is particularly suited for playing against teams like Auburn or Clemson that like to run a hurry-up power game if they can get your defense into an undersized deployment.

All I know is we need to figure out safety depth. Each time Kadetrix went down or got booted we lost because we couldn't stop the pass anymore. It happened in the UGA and Tenn games. UGA game he got injured early, and in the Tennessee game he got booted on a BS targeting call. We need to make sure someone else can step up in times of need. There are too many burners at WR in the SEC for us to not get good over the top coverage consistently. If we had better safety play we don't lose a single game last season except maybe the SEC title or the BCS title games.

All I know is we need to figure out safety depth. Each time Kadetrix went down or got booted we lost because we couldn't stop the pass anymore. It happened in the UGA and Tenn games. UGA game he got injured early, and in the Tennessee game he got booted on a BS targeting call. We need to make sure someone else can step up in times of need. There are too many burners at WR in the SEC for us to not get good over the top coverage consistently. If we had better safety play we don't lose a single game last season except maybe the SEC title or the BCS title games.

We're pretty solid at Safety with Brison Williams and Elder. I expect a big year from Elder.

Marcus and Gurley providing depth.

Didn't Elder miss the UGA game with a concussion? That's why Marcus was starting then he got booted for targeting..

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"Yeah, Clemson can beat Virginia Tech as many times as they want, but ask them if they want another piece of South Carolina." - Colin Cowherd

Pro day is more for viewing the players and how they manage the work outs. Unless you are in the know, not much meeting players. Just a good time to be out in the fresh air. You probably will see some NFL coaches looking at the workouts.

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"I don't know. I sort of always liked playing them that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended."-S. Spurrier on scheduling changes in the sec.